Wildflower! Festival Rocks Richardson Texas + Giveaway

The Richardson’s Wildflower Festival is happening this weekend, May 17 – 19, 2013, and it will be THE place for kids and families to rock out while enjoying singing and songwriting competitions, a Kidz Korner and Game Zone. But did you know Sunday, May 19, kids 12 and under get in FREE courtesy of Bank of America? It doesn’t get better than free! Sunday is also half-price day for adults — tickets are only $10 courtesy of Cisco Systems. Check the website for the festival’s 15 for $15 group ticket promotion and for directions to the festival.

The Kidz Korner and Game Havens’ Game Zone will feature free games (complete with cool prizes!) and activities to keep them entertained for hours. They can get their faces painted, climb the rock wall, make bead bracelets, and rock out on their “Rock Star” karaoke stage, participate in a video game tournament and so much more!

The Charlie Daniels Band will headline at Wildflower! on Friday, May 17, with Gretchen Wilson opening. The award-winning, multi-day festival — featuring live music, arts and crafts, children’s activities, interactive exhibits, acrobats, and more. New this year is the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Movie Night on Saturday, May 18, at 9:15 p.m.

Other entertainment includes:
Friday — May 17, 2013
Cowboy Mouth — bits of gospel-punk with shards of Cowpunk
Spin Doctors — ’90s alternative rock band
Uncle Kracker – pop/country crossover hitmaker
Rocket Man — the Best of Elton John tribute show
Eliza Gilkyson — Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee
Le Freak — The Greatest Disco Band In The World

Saturday — May 18, 2013
Toadies – home grown alt-rock heavyweights
The Reverend Horton Heat – country-fed punkabilly
Blue Oyster Cult — heavy metal/psychedelic rockers
Grand Funk Railroad — hard rock, blues band from the ’70s
.38 Special — Southern country / blues rockers
Eleven Hundred Springs — Texas country rock band
Rocket Man — the Best of Elton John tribute show
Slaid Cleaves — iconic sin ger/songwriter

Sunday — May 19, 2013
Jolie Holliday — young and dynamic country musician from Richardson
Robert Earl Keen – Texas singer/songwriter
Ray Wylie Hubbard – elder statesman of the Texas music scene
Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines — accomplished Americana singer/songwriter duo
Rocket Man- the Best of Elton John tribute show

The Wildflower Festival is THE place for families on Sunday, May 20 thanks to Bank of America.

GIVEAWAY: One lucky reader will win a Family 4 pack! To enter, please comment below what band you would love to see? Giveaway ends May 13, 2013 at 5PM.